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Lights, camera, cosmos: the cast and crew behind Rubin Observatory

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to embark on its quest to capture the cosmos, marking the culmination of decades of work by...

June 12, 2025  ·  12 min read
A group photo in front of a large telescope mounting system.
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Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin control room

With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote...

September 18, 2025  ·  5 min read
First Photons in the Rubin control room at SLAC
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory launches real-time discovery machine for monitoring the night sky

NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics and kicking off a new era of dynamic, real-time...

February 25, 2026  ·  10 min read
Star-filled teal night sky with turquoise glowing band, scattered “DATA ALERT” tags, and a white icon of the Rubin Observatory atop dark mountains.
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SuperCDMS SNOLAB cools down to near absolute zero, setting the stage for one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter searches

The experiment’s detectors have reached their operating temperature, almost a thousand times colder than outer space.

March 17, 2026  ·  6 min read
SuperCDMS team members posing with a detector tower.
News Brief
VIA Rubin Observatory

Early data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals over 11,000 new asteroids

Rubin’s largest asteroid haul yet, gathered before the Legacy Survey of Space and Time even begins, is just the “tip of the iceberg.”

April 2, 2026
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Past Event
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How we built the world's largest digital camera

The world’s biggest digital camera was built at SLAC, and shipped to the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in northern Chile last year. This...
Date Thursday, August 7, 2025
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Travis Lange
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VIA Berkeley Lab

DESI completes planned 3D map of the universe and continues exploring

SLAC scientists played key roles in leadership, survey design, cosmological  applications, studies of dark matter and of links to the cosmic microwave background.

April 15, 2026
Star trails over the Mayall Telescope.
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Primordial magnetic fields could resolve the Hubble tension and other cosmic mysteries

An international team of researchers simulated magnetic forces in the early universe and found they could bridge the gap between the observed and calculated...

March 13, 2026  ·  6 min read
A simulation of the distribution of matter in the early universe
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How NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory maps the universe every night

This video breaks down how Rubin will run the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and build a 10-year time lapse of the...

April 23, 2026  ·  1 min read
Rubin Observatory with the night sky and Milky Way in the background
News Brief
VIA Rubin Observatory

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Founding Director Tony Tyson included in 2026 TIME100

The long-time collaborator of SLAC joins the list that recognizes the impact, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals.

April 30, 2026
Tony Tyson photo with 2026 Time100 frame
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Mysteries of the Universe & Time Machines

This week 200 members of the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage-4 (CMB-S4) collaboration are meeting at SLAC to focus on the continuing development of...
Date Tuesday, August 1, 2023
6:30 p.m.  –  7:30 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Trinity Room
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera raft installation

Hannah Pollek and Travis Lange at the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) raft installation.

September 23, 2022
Hannah Pollek (right), and Travis Lange at the LSST Camera raft installation.
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